KPFA - Flashpoints

An award winning front-line investigative news magazine, that focuses on human, civil and workers right, issues of war and peace, Global Warming, racism and poverty, and other issues. Hosted by Dennis J. Bernstein.

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An award winning front-line investigative news magazine, that focuses on human, civil and workers right, issues of war and peace, Global Warming, racism and poverty, and other issues. Hosted by Dennis J. Bernstein.

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Today on the Show: The extreme right wing supreme court takes aim at student loan-debt relief. Also, Supremes gut affirmative action in higher education. And Roots action says: Step aside Joe, you’re a loser and Trumps a killer

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Today on the Show: The Supreme Court rules against Harvard and the University of North Carolina’s affirmative action programs regarding admissions. We’ll speak with Dr. Kevin Kumashiro, former Dean of the School of Education at the University of San Francisco, and co-founder of Education Deans for Justice and Equity, and the author of ten books on education, And well feature A frontline interview on the ethnic cleansing of Palestine with Flashpoints Contributor, Zied Abbas

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Today on the Show: The Election Crimes Bulletin, with Greg Palast, who returns with his latest voter fraud investigation: Greg reports on the assault of Indian voting rights, voter-suppression deep in the heart of Texas. And Greg takes a deep dive into the background of Paul “The Vulture” Singer’s supreme court manipulations and a lot more. And the border war continues with many desperate refugees suffering grave wounds and a terrible death because of failed US immigration policy

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An award winning front-line investigative news magazine, that focuses on human, civil and workers right, issues of war and peace, Global Warming, racism and poverty, and other issues. Hosted by Dennis J. Bernstein.

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Today on the show: Putin responds to Prigozhin, the founder of the Wagner mercenary force. Also, fighting to save the life of Wikileaks publisher Julian Assange, now facing  a potentially deadly extradition to the US, and how close is the world to a nuclear conflagration in Ukraine

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An award winning front-line investigative news magazine, that focuses on human, civil and workers right, issues of war and peace, Global Warming, racism and poverty, and other issues. Hosted by Dennis J. Bernstein.

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Today on the Show: A brand new two-part edition of Electronic Intifada delves into the campaign of Jeremy Corbyn and the Israel lobby’s efforts to smear and sabotage it. Also, The Korean government cracks down  freelance journalist Jan Jin-young for not registering to report on the war in Ukraine. The word on the free-speech street is CENSORSHIP

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Today on the Show: Is right-wing Supreme Court Justice, Samuel Alito, on the take from corrupt “corporate vulture” Paul Singer? Also, The US continues its non stop-China bashing even as the US Secretary of State meets with the Chinese leadership. And pro Cuba activist, Gloria LaRivsa, just back from the Island, with a report back on Cuba, including the devastating implications of the punishing, inhumane US economic embargo

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